The Washington Dead Cats formed in the late 1970s in Washington, D.C. with singer Stiv Bators, guitarist Rikk Agnew, bassist Dave Dictor, and drummer Tommy Price. Their self-titled debut album came out in 1981, followed by records like 'Cat Scratch Fever' in 1982 and 'Purgatory' in 1984.
Their songs had titles like '13 is my Lucky Number,' 'Burn Baby Burn,' and 'I'm a Dead Cat.' The band's performances sometimes got them in trouble, including an arrest after a show in Detroit in 1982. Some radio stations wouldn't play their music.
Bators died in a car accident in 1989. Agnew and other members kept playing occasionally after that, but the band never really came back together the same way.
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